I’ve had some wonderful love affairs and some that didn’t work out. I don’t want to dwell on that and I don’t want to put people down, but I think all the fabulous places I’ve been, the wonderful things that have happened for me, the great people I’ve met – that ought to make a story.

— Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald Quotes

Everybody wants to know about my style and how it came about. It’s no big secret. It’s the way I feel.

— Ella Fitzgerald

I don’t want to say the wrong thing, which I always do. I think I do better when I sing.

— Ella Fitzgerald

I’m very shy, and I shy away from people. But the moment I hit the stage, it’s a different feeling I get nerve from somewhere; maybe it’s because it’s something I love to do.

— Ella Fitzgerald

The only thing better than singing is more singing.

— Ella Fitzgerald

What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.

— Ella Fitzgerald

I guess what everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved. And to know that you loved me for my singing is too much for me. Forgive me if I don’t have all the words. Maybe I can sing it and you’ll understand.

— Ella Fitzgerald

You take romance – I’ll take Jell-O.

— Ella Fitzgerald
Romance

Ella knows her way around her voice as very few people today. But there are times when she seems to be unaware there are things the human voice just doesn’t do. She does them.

— Ella Fitzgerald

I know I’m no glamour girl, and it’s not easy for me to get up in front of a crowd of people. It used to bother me a lot, but now I’ve got it figured out that God gave me this talent to use, so I just stand there and sing.

— Ella Fitzgerald

I think I do better when I sing.

— Ella Fitzgerald

She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.

— Ella Fitzgerald

When I’m on stage I feel at home.

— Ella Fitzgerald

When we were at the Apollo, Holiday was a block away. I asked her for her autograph.

— Ella Fitzgerald

Whatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.

— Ella Fitzgerald

I’ve had some wonderful love affairs and some that didn’t work out. I don’t want to dwell on that and I don’t want to put people down, but I think all the fabulous places I’ve been, the wonderful things that have happened for me, the great people I’ve met – that ought to make a story.

— Ella Fitzgerald

She is amazingly creative, bringing so much more to a song than just a singer. She is a first-class musician and the most gracious person in the world.

— Ella Fitzgerald

Coming through the years, and finding that I not only have just the fans of my day, but the young ones of today – that’s what it means, it means it was worth all of it.

— Ella Fitzgerald

The fabulous places I’ve been, wonderful things that’ve happened, great people I’ve met ought to make a story.

— Ella Fitzgerald
About Stories

Listen to her voice, don’t look at her.

— Ella Fitzgerald

Sometimes when we’re flying or in the hotel, I might run over songs, or in the bathroom.

— Ella Fitzgerald
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